What other reason is given for keeping the Sabbath?
Answer
"Verily My Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that
you may know that I am the Lord that does SANCTIFY you." Ex. 31: 13.
NOTE - To sanctify is to make holy, or to set apart for a holy use. The sanctification, or making
holy, of sinful beings can be wrought only by the creative power of God through Christ by the Holy Spirit.
In 1 Cor. 1:30 we are told that Christ is made unto us "sanctification"; and in Eph. 2:10 it is said that "we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works." The Sabbath, therefore, is a sign of
sanctification, and thus of what Christ is to the believer, because it is a reminder of the creative power of
God as manifested in the work of regeneration. It is the sign of the power of God, therefore, in both
creation and redemption. To the believer, it is the evidence, or sign, that he knows the true God, who,
through Christ, created all things, and who, through Christ, redeems the sinner and makes him whole.
How fully does the Lord pardon when one repents?
22. After being united with Christ in the likeness of His death and resurrection, what should the believer do?
For what purpose is the grace of Christ received?
What constrained God to give His Son to die for man?
25. Since the Sunday Sabbath originated with the Roman power (the beast), to whom will men yield deference to compulsory Sunday laws?
What gives us the victory in our conflict with the world?
What promise was made to Abraham concerning the land?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle